Although the apparent value of the Pablo Picasso sketch stolen last summer from a Union Square art gallery has surged, owner Rowland Weinstein said he’s no longer selling the work, which he put back on display Monday.The notorious heist of Picasso’s 1965 pencil drawing “Tête de Femme” has brought so much foot traffic to the Weinstein Gallery that keeping it on display is more valuable than the art itself, Weinstein said.
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An original Picasso artwork worth hundreds of thousands of dollars was taken from a San Francisco art gallery Tuesday morning in a brazen daylight heist, according to police and the gallery.
A man walked into the Weinstein Gallery in the 300 block of Geary Street about 11:40 a.m., plucked the drawing off the wall and left in a taxicab, police said.
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